{"id":4147,"date":"2021-02-05T21:22:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T21:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2021-02-05T21:22:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T21:22:58","slug":"gurgles-and-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4147","title":{"rendered":"Gurgles and Cricket!!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I would share what is our ray of sunshine in these dark times that keeps us going! We get daily pictures of our smashing Grandson Owen, sometimes we get a video. Yesterday&#8217;s video was a delightful mix of those wonderful baby gurgles and smiles. I always find baby gurgles and joyful sounds make me smile of course when it is your own grandchild the heart sings!<\/p>\n<p>How great it was this morning to watch Test Cricket from India on terrestrial television this morning &#8211; better late than never! Joe Root is a wonderful batsmen! Early start tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday&#8217;s Quiz answers on <em><strong>Rivers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>a) <span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Liffey <\/span>flows through Dublin\u00a0\u00a0 b) <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The Tigris<\/strong> <\/span>flows through Baghdad\u00a0\u00a0 c) The <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Tamar<\/strong><\/span> is the river between Devon and Cornwall\u00a0\u00a0 d) The Styx is the boundary between <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Earth and the Underworld\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>e) <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The Ganges<\/strong> <\/span>has the biggest Delta in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Quiz is on <strong>Cricket<\/strong> (but not quite what you expect!)<\/p>\n<p>a) What is the length of a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>cricket stump in inches<\/strong><\/span>?\u00a0 b) What <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>wood are cricket bails<\/strong> <\/span>commonly made from?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 c) How many <span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong>sixes did Sir Don Bradman<\/strong> <\/span>hit in his career?\u00a0\u00a0 d) What year was<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> live cricket first broadcast<\/strong><\/span>?\u00a0 e) What do <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>W.G, Grace&#8217;s<\/strong> <\/span>initials \u00a0stand for?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I would share what is our ray of sunshine in these dark times that keeps us going! 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